Race and romance : coloring the past /

This study brings race and the literary tradition of romance into dialogue. It explores the literary and cultural genealogy of colorism, white passing, and white presenting in the romance genre and provides a bridge between studies of early modern romance and scholarship on twenty-first-century roma...

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Main Author:	Hendricks, Margo, 1948- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tempe, Arizona : ACMRS Press, Arizona State University, 2022.
Subjects:	English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Romances > Adaptations. Romance fiction > History and criticism. Race in literature. Literature and race. Heliodorus, > of Emesa > Appreciation > England. Tasso, Torquato, > 1544-1595. > Gerusalemme liberata. > English. Fairfax, Edward, > -1635 > Criticism and interpretation. Neville, Henry, > 1620-1694. > Isle of Pines. Behn, Aphra, > 1640-1689 > Criticism and interpretation.

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Summary:	This study brings race and the literary tradition of romance into dialogue. It explores the literary and cultural genealogy of colorism, white passing, and white presenting in the romance genre and provides a bridge between studies of early modern romance and scholarship on twenty-first-century romance novels.
Physical Description:	xix, 113 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [107]-113).
ISBN:	9780866986595 0866986596 9780866986946 0866986944